untime

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The absence of time; timelessness.
2. (countable, obsolete, often, uncountable) A wrong time; an unsuitable or improper time.

Verb

To cause to be done at the wrong time.

Adj

Untimely.

Synonyms

ill-timed

premature

intempestive

Translations

prematur

verfrüht

voreilig

vorzeitig

vorschnell

prématuré

intempestivo

precoce

prematuro

immaturus

voortijdig

intempestivo

vakitsiz

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: untime

Inherited from Old English: untīma

Cognate with Old Norse: útími

Cognate with Norwegian: otime

In summary

From Middle English untime, untyme, ontyme, from Old English untīma (“an unseasonable time”), from Proto-Germanic *untīmô, equivalent to un- + time. Cognate with Old Norse útími (dialectal Norwegian otime).